authority and the u.s. power in the world to the economy when we have a big debt and a weakened economy because it gives less strength in the negotiating with china trying to protect our values when our own could be suspect because we are not letting them at home i thought he was okay. >> when he keep up those points and the president can protect them all he wants and say they are not true all he wants, but when he landed the punches and that is what these people were looking for -- republicans for the first time said. >> look, one final point before i go, the third debate probably matters less than the last few minutes at least of all. i do think that romney had by far the presidential closing statement. >> let's go to james who is in boca raton and one of several reporters we have on the ground. he's in the spin room where both parties have top officials trying to explain how we should interpret the results. what are you hearing? >> i think people kind of think it is a neutral the date and no one is going